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Spanish Wine Collective @spanishwinecoll.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

New on Substack: Alan Nance @amicdelvi.bsky.social uncorks a memorable bottle from Valencia and wonders whether long-abandoned varieties may hold the key to the future of Mediterranean wine. spanishwinecollective.substack.com/p/a-mediterr...

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A Mediterranean marvel

Despite having lived in Spain for almost thirty years now, I am still discovering new grape varieties, such is the richness of this land—a richness that is coming ever more to the fore thanks to the s...

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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I wonder why it's so hard to convince so many Germans that people primarily vote for the AfD because of hate: I think it's because they are ashamed that their colleagues and relatives harbour such views. But that denial is lethal. As a friend told me, "their shame will kill us."

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Boze Herrington, Library Owl @sketchesbyboze.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton rose from poverty to stardom. She gave $500 to every student in her hometown who finished high school; she built hospitals & bald eagle preserves; her Imagination Library has gifted 300 million books to children. Roger Ebert met her and came away thinking she was a literal angel. RIP.

“In Dallas for the premier of '9 to 5', I had an uncanny experience, and on the plane home to Chicago I confessed it to Siskel: I had been granted a private half hour with Dolly Parton, and as we spoke I was filled with a strange ethereal grace. This was not spiritual, nor was it sexual. It was healing and comforting. Gene listened and said, "Roger, I felt the exact same thing during my interview with her." We looked at each other. What did this mean? Neither one of us ever felt that feeling again. From time to time we would refer to it in wonder.”

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 12/07/2026

He was the wretched'st thing

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Dear Mother, By the time you receive this letter, I hope our long hours of guarding the nation’s Reflecting Pool will be over. The camp has been struck by dysentery from the algae. I thought arresting people for no reason would prove more fun, but all I want now is to return home. Your loving son.

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JohnJohn @johnh503.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

When the day comes, sure, pop the champagne, but might I suggest a Swamp Water instead? It’s got that signature reflecting pool colour and everything. www.diffordsguide.com/cocktails/re...

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Swamp Water Cocktail Recipe

Discover how to make a Swamp Water using Chartreuse Green, Pineapple juice, Lime juice, Daiquiri bitters (+ 1 more) in just 5 easy to follow steps

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Corey O'Neill @coreyoneill.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Happy Juneteenth! On another note...

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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

How is Musk the first trillionaire when his companies, combined, lose money? Cult capitalism. The market prices the future he promises as if it already arrived. He’s a pitch-deck trillionaire holding his companies hostage: lose Musk, lose the premium, and the boards know it. Plus the corruption.

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Elon Musk and The Rise of Cult Capitalism

Every billionaire is a policy failure. The first trillionaire is also a market failure.

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onion person @junlper.beer · 11/06/2026

it continuously stuns me how rightwingers don't know how anything works at all on a systematic level so they assume nothing should be done about anything ever

how would monitoring anything stop it??

FING democrats just love to waiste your money!

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no one (spooky👻) @gregory-c-leavitt.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

i’m old enough to remember when comic book supervillains were fictional

The hatemonger gives a speech and (sue storm?) reacts

WE MUST DRIVE ALL THE FOREIGNERS BACK WHERE THEY CAME FROM! WE MUST SHOW NO MERCY TO THOSE WE HATE!

REED, IT'S UNBELIEVABLE!
HE SEEMS TO HAVE THE CROWD IN A TRANCE!
THEY-THEY'RE ACTUALLY AGREEING WITH HIS UNAMERICAN SENTIMENTS!

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Manisha Sinha @profmsinha.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Historian of abolition here, history tells us how we got here, to put it succinctly “John Brown was hanged for treason and Robert E. Lee was not.”

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Tom Hearden @followtheh.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

A Harvard study just published estimates Elon Musk's destruction of USAID has already caused 600,000 deaths 2/3 of them children. That is his legacy in this world.

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Rabbi Mike Rothbaum @ravmike.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

David Rees, 10/30/01

Comic strip.

Man in panel 1:
OK, I hate to act like a fucking dumbass, but are we at war? I mean, did we ever officially declare war?

Man in panel 2:
Declare war? Who's got time to declare war when there are so many bombs to drop?

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

I realize this is obvious to most but allow me to rant: At the core of Trump's base love for him is a simmering resentment over their mediocrity and gratitude for him making it permissible to be arrogant whilst mediocre. Everything in this cult can be traced back to that. (thread)

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regular meghan 나영지 🇵🇸 @ruemcclammyhand.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

damn aaron swartz tried to warn everybody about sam altman

One of Altman's batch mates in the first Y Combinator cohort was Aaron Swartz, a brilliant but troubled coder who died by suicide in 2013 and is now remembered in many tech circles as something of a sage. Not long before his death, Swartz expressed concerns about Altman to several friends. "You need to understand that Sam can never be trusted," he told one. "He is a sociopath. He would do anything.

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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Speaking of visibility, America has absolutely shown its whole goddamned ass on trans issues, displaying its cultural capacity to be whipped into stupid fear and hatred of a tiny group by cynical demagogues. We have met the enemy and he is us.

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sam³⁰⁰⁰ @samgavin.com · 29/03/2026

A remarkable photo from #NoKings in DTLA from Connor Sheets of @latimes.com www.latimes.com/california/l...

LAPD officers arrest a protester dressed as the Statue of Liberty outside a federal building during a ‘Kings Day’ protest. (Connor Sheets/Los Angeles Times)

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Warren Wells, AICP @warrenjwells.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

How can this go on for another 3 years?

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Hend Amry @libyaliberty.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

It’s all so much worse than we can comprehend or acknowledge.

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Jeremy C-howl @jmchao.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

FIFA has officially issued President Trump a yellow card. If he assassinates another world leader, it’ll become an automatic red card and he won’t be eligible for another FIFA Peace Prize for 4 years.

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Mythic 🦊 @mythicalredfox.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Thinking about this quote from Persepolis creator Marjane Satrapi again.

Picture of Marjane Satrapi alongside a quote from her. The quote reads:

The world is not divided into countries. The world is not divided between East and West. You are American, I am Iranian, we don't know each other, but we talk together and we understand each other perfectly. The difference between you and your government is much bigger than the difference between you and me. And the difference between me and my government is much bigger than the difference between me and you.

And our governments are very much the same...

- Marjane Satrapi, Iranian-French graphic novelist

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Jim Henley Music @jimhenleymusic.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

BREAKING: “in my 24th year of my quest to settle the planet Mars, I have just been informed of a basic fact of celestial mechanics.”

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For those unaware, Space has already shifted focus to building a self-growing city on the Moon, as we can potentially achieve that in less than 10 years, whereas Mars would take 20+ years.
The mission of SpaceX remains the same: extend consciousness and life as we know it to the stars.
It is only possible to travel to Mars when the planets align every 26 months (six month trip time), whereas we can launch to the Moon every 10 days (2 day trip time). This means we can iterate much faster to complete a Moon city than a Mars city.
That said, SpaceX will also strive to build a Mars city and begin doing so in about 5 to 7 years, but the overriding priority is securing the future of civilization and the Moon is faster.”

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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Sepsis is NATURAL and trying to stop it is WOKE

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POSIWID 🇵🇸🏴 @posiwidowmaker.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Find the answer by using the @kenwhite.bsky.social principle. Works with most things but it was literally made for this moment.

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Matt McDermott @mattmfm.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

ICE is now responsible for 66% of the homicides in Minneapolis this year.

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Led By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · 24/01/2026

Board of Peace - Season 1

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MisterJayEm @misterjayem.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Left: When Jeff Lemire and Ray Fawkes wanted to create an example of the unimaginable terror and cruelty of which Nazis were capable, they depicted the inhuman use of a little boy to get at his father. Right: America, 2026.

Comics panel from issue #4 of Black Hammer '45

Image by Matt Kindt: A horrified little boy, terrified and worried about his gravely injured father.

Narration: "They were rocket scientists with precious knowledge.

"And their son was the leverage the Nazis used to keep them working.

"A little boy."

Post from Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social

Image: A masked gunmen clad entirely in black looms over a 5-year old boy behind a woven-wire fence.

Text: "This guy went to work today, put a mask on, kidnapped a 5 year old child, and then used him as bait so both he and his father could be sent behind bars."

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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

For people elsewhere who have asked how to support Minnesota while we’re overrun with nazi thugs, here’s an excellent list of places that could use financial help. Lots of choices. Thank you so much! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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Stand With Minnesota: Resource Hub

Causes to Donate to in Minnesota to Help Our Communities Defend Themselves from ICE This list is now available/shareable at standwithminnesota.org *Note: I am from Minnesota, and these come from peo...

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David Kaib @davidkaib.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

My most fundamental belief is that we do not have to live like this.

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Mark McGeoghegan @markmcgeoghegan.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

The Danish Social Democrats are currently on course for their worst election result since at least the Second World War, despite their brand of far-right accommodationism being touted as a blueprint for other centre-left parties.

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pausa de hateration @thatguywasfly.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

We will lay our spawn in their graves. (Photo by @prayingmantis.bsky.social )

A figure in an inflatable frog costume holds a pumpkin that says ICE OUT on a leafy residential Chicago street.

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Jessica Ritchey @jmritchey.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

If I had explain American history in one sentence, I could do worse than "John Brown was hung for treason, but Robert E. Lee was not."

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Punk on Bus Lives!🚍📻 @punkonbuslives.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Bring your army; but, I think, you'll find They've not prepared for us. - Coriolanus (I, 2)

The Portland protest frog stands up to a line of POS ICE goons.

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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 11/10/2025

I am never ever going to forgive a single one of these motherfuckers.

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Ward Q. Normal (he/him) @wardqnormal.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

I have taken the freedom of speech that was in the Constitution and which you were probably using for peaceful protest Forgive me the courts said they were so agitating and so irritating

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David Kaib @davidkaib.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Watching the way the Trump administration is using criminalization as a weapon ought to make clear how criminalization works even in normal times.

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